Biography
A child prodigy, Toot Thielemans played the accordion at the age of three, switching to harmonica (and guitar) in his mid-teens. Guitar aside, Thielemans' chosen instruments were not especially suited to jazz, but he displayed enough invention and assurance to be hired by Benny Goodman for a European tour in 1950, afterwards joining George Shearing in 1953 for a five-year stint. In the '60s, his popularity increased with a successful recording of...Read more